Effects of a low-energy diet on sexual function and lower urinary tract symptoms in obese men

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 1396 - 1403
• Main Authors: Khoo, J, Piantadosi, C, Worthley, S, Wittert, G.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2010; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/1807/2021; 692/699/2743/137/773; 692/699/2743/393; 692/700/565/2072; Abdomen; abdominal fat; Adult; Androgens; Bariatric Surgery - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular disease; Complications and side effects; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diet therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - psychology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Diet; Diet therapy; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Energy Intake - physiology; Epidemiology; Erectile dysfunction; Erectile Dysfunction - diet therapy; Erectile Dysfunction - etiology; Erectile Dysfunction - physiopathology; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health aspects; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; hormone secretion; Hospitals; Humans; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Internal Medicine; Libido - physiology; low calorie diet; lower urinary tract diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Men; Metabolic Diseases; Metabolism; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Obesity, Abdominal - diet therapy; Obesity, Abdominal - physiopathology; Obesity, Abdominal - psychology; Obesity, Abdominal - surgery; original-article; Plasma; Prevention; Prostate; prostate gland; Public Health; Quality of Life - psychology; Risk factors; sexual behavior; Sexual disorders; sexual function; Testosterone; Testosterone - blood; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; urinary tract diseases; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Urogenital system; Urologic diseases; Urologic Diseases - diet therapy; Urologic Diseases - physiopathology; Urologic Diseases - psychology; Weight control; weight loss; China; Singapore; Australia; South Australia Australia; weight loss; sexual function; urinary tract symptoms; diabetes; male; Endocrinopathy; Human; Obesity; Urinary system disease; Nutrition; Diabetes mellitus; Nutrition disorder; Weight loss; Metabolic diseases; Male; Urinary tract disease; Urinary tract; Feeding; Low energy; Voiding dysfunction; Symptomatology; Urinary system; Diet; Adult; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Nutritional status; Sexual function

Objective: Abdominal obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with erectile and urinary dysfunction in men. The extent to which sexual function and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) are improved by weight loss remains unclear. Subjects: We compared the effects of 8 weeks of a low-calor...